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Renoir

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Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Jul 31
Hayakawa wins the day by casting the amazing Yui Suzuki as Fuki. She has just the perfect mix of the idiosyncratic and imaginative, innocent and vulnerable to make the inner struggles of the character strongly resonant. Go to Full Review Justin Chang The New Yorker Jun 2
What distinguishes Hayakawa's approach is a principled refusal of the obvious; she doesn't strain to make Fuki relatable, or diagnose her, or problematize her occasional flights of fantasy. Go to Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out May 21
4/5
It’s as interesting for what it doesn’t show as for what it does. This is a story of terminal illness, but it exists in and around the main events rather than depicting them head-on. It’s a tender, loose and slightly whimsical tale. Go to Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography Dec 3
With Renoir, Chie Hayakawa delivers an incredible moving experience that succeeds in exploring the difficulty for the subject to deal with death and the loss it introduces. Go to Full Review Ayaan Paul Chowdhury The Hindu Dec 1
Renoir is messier and more diffuse than Plan 75... But it recognises that some children already live with their eyes open, cataloguing the surreal, the dangerous, the beautiful, and the irresponsible with the same steady curiosity. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Nov 24
7
"Renoir" is a delicate, melancholic coming-of-age narrative that shimmers with moments of beauty and sadness, a portrait of loneliness painted in soft light and fading memories Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Chie Hayakawa

Director

Yui Suzuki

Fuki Okita

Hikari Ishida

Utako Okita

Ayumu Nakajima

Toru Omaezaki

Yumi Kawai

Kuriko Kita

Ryota Bando

Kaoru Hamano
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Synopsis Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....
Director
Chie Hayakawa
Producer
Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray
Screenwriter
Chie Hayakawa
Production Co
Loaded Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 2m